Dimensions of a projection column and architecture of VPM and POm axons in rat vibrissal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2265-2276

  Wimmer, Verena C ^a,b   Bruno, Randy M ^a,c   De Kock, Christiaan P J ^a,d   Kuner, Thomas ^a,e   Sakmann, Bert ^a,f,g  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AAV; cortical column; POm; thalamocortical; VPM

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POSTEROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSAL CORTEX; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL COUNT; DEPENDOVIRUS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77956573858     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq068     Document Type: Note

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